My first solo escapade (with my camera in tow) after moving back to Oki was obviously a flower festival, specifically the Azalea Festival in Higashi Village. I had to scroll back up in my phone’s camera roll to remember what was happening at the time. A couple of days prior the lease to the apartment was signed and I was so excited to drive up north for th[...]
Are you currently researching a possible trip to Okinawa, Japan? Okinawa has been slowly getting the attention of people all over the world. You've probably read an article or two about the great number of centenarians (people over the age of 100) living in Ogimi Village. Maybe you saw the documentary Happy, where Okinawa is mentioned as one of the happiest[...]
I originally wrote this post in 2013 (!!) and it's been one of my most popular ones among people moving to Okinawa. Years later I decided to create a series called L.I.T. Guide to Okinawa and although it's taken me a couple of more years to add new blogposts to it... we've recently moved back to island and it is high time I add more helpful posts to it. Espe[...]
I just re-read my last life update post and decided I should write another one before I start sharing our adventures again. It's now been 3 months since we moved back to Okinawa and I'm happy to report that we're officially settled in 🙌🏼🙌🏼. Buckle up because this is going to be a long post. Just like our PCS (move) to North Carolina in 2018 ev[...]
Guys I wrote this whole post in September... don't ask me why I never published it! I'm going to leave it as is and include more updates at the end! It's a long one, but stick with me. After 3 years in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina the time has finally come to move again! I know a lot of people love this area but I've always been honest about the fact[...]
One of our favorite things to do while we were stationed in Coastal North Carolina was exploring the little islands surrounding us. We road tripped up the Outer Banks (hands down one of the highlights of our time in NC), ferried to Shackleford Banks to see the wild horses and drove through a bunch of the ones close to Jacksonville. Sadly we didn't make it to[...]